Tri-City Medical Services

If you experience lung cancer, you’re not alone. More people around the world develop this disease than any other type of cancer. Your odds of survival improve when the condition is diagnosed early. That’s why Tri-City Medical Center in San Diego diagnoses patients with stage 1 or stage 2 lung cancer a higher percentage of the time than cancer programs in California do on average. Trust us for lung cancer care that extends your life as long as possible.

Symptoms of Lung Cancer

Symptoms of lung cancer sometimes resemble signs of other lung conditions, including bronchitis. Your doctor will accurately diagnose your condition if you experience symptoms such as:

Persistent coughing

Pain in your chest, shoulder or back that occurs even when you don’t cough

A change in the color or amount of mucus that you expel

Shortness of breath

Hoarseness

Unusual sounds as you breathe in

Recurring bronchitis, pneumonia or other lung conditions

Coughing up blood or blood-tinged mucus

Low-Dose CT Lung Cancer Screening

Because lung cancer shows no symptoms in its initial stages, a screening is the best way to detect the disease early—when treatment is most effective. Take a lung cancer risk assessment to find out if you qualify for Tri-City Medical Center’s low-dose CT lung cancer screening, a brief procedure that minimizes your radiation exposure. If the assessment indicates that you may be a candidate, request a lung cancer screening.

Reduce Your Risk of Lung Cancer

Take these steps to decrease your odds of developing lung cancer:

Stop smoking, since cigarette use leads to about 90 percent of U.S. lung cancer deaths.

Avoid second-hand smoke by limiting your time in places where people smoke and by asking guests not to use cigarettes in your home or car.

Test your home for radon, a radioactive, odorless gas that causes 20,000 lung cancer deaths annually in the United States.

Diagnosing Lung Cancer

After a lung cancer screening shows abnormalities, a doctor at Tri-City Medical Center may remove a tissue sample for examination. This procedure, called a lung biopsy, helps your doctor diagnose your condition. Your physician may take the tissue sample by passing a needle through your skin and into your lungs. Or, a doctor might insert a small tube with tiny surgical tools through your mouth or nose and into your lungs.

Types of Lung Cancer

If you receive a diagnosis of lung cancer, your doctor will tell you what type of the disease you have. Types of lung cancer include:

Non-small cell – The most common kind of lung cancer, it includes subtypes such as squamous cell carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and large cell carcinoma.

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